[Mark1153]

Team 1153 would like to THANK team 61 for picking us in the playoffs, being a great alliance partner, and leading us to the finals, and team 97 for being a great partner.

Congratulations to a great winning alliance of 20, 40 and 1474 who showed great competitive spirit and gracious professionalism throughout. After our 2nd match in the finals when we were tied 1-1, we had a broken elevator lift fork and no timeouts remaining. We think the alliance of 20,40,1474 went above and beyond - in the best tradion of FIRST to use their timeout, and give us the time to fix our robot, so we could be competitive in the final match. I personally, team 1153 as a whole, and our alliance partners 61 & 97 greatly appreciate your gracious professionalism and competitve spirit.

To everyone involved in the Boston Regional Team [board, staff, volunteers, referees, judges, teams] - a great big THANK YOU. You ran a great event, the kids - mentors - parents and spectators had a great time, saw some great robotics, listened to some great music, saw many acts of gracious professionalism. Having over 7,000 people come to the afternoon session to see the BLUE MAN group and the playoffs was amazing.

Mark Gallivan - Team 1153 Mentor - Walpole High School